Ruth, yep those attacks are horrid and towards the end I went to the ER for morphine every time. A normal low-fat diet probably isn't low-fat enough, it's worth stripping out all the fat that you can to see if that helps.

Re the breastfeeding, it might be a good idea to speak to the LCs you've been seeing about the best way to manage...i had surgery when my DD1 was a few months old and from memory I pumped and dumped once immediately after the surgery and then fed her as normal for the rest of the day (my hubby looked after DD and brought her to me when she needed feeding), so it might not be as big an issue as you're imagining now.

I would say allow at least a week (but there again maybe I'm a bit of a wuss LOL) but I guess your DH can go back to work sooner if you feel well enough, or later if you don't.